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Load-following power timeline analyses for the international space station
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Delleur, Ann Green, Robert Hojnicki, Jeffrey Fincannon Sr., James |
| Copyright Year | 1996 |
| Description | Spacecraft are typically complex assemblies of interconnected systems and components that have highly time-varying thermal communications, and power requirements. It is essential that systems designers be able to assess the capability of the spacecraft to meet these requirements which should represent a realistic projection of demand for these resources once the vehicle is on-orbit. To accomplish the assessment from the power standpoint, a computer code called ECAPS has been developed at NASA Lewis Research Center that performs a load-driven analysis of a spacecraft power system given time-varying distributed loading and other mission data. This program is uniquely capable of synthesizing all of the changing spacecraft conditions into a single, seamless analysis for a complete mission. This paper presents example power load timelines with which numerous data are integrated to provide a realistic assessment of the load-following capabilities of the power system. Results of analyses show how well the power system can meet the time-varying power resource demand. |
| File Size | 645773 |
| Page Count | 12 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19960048440 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t7rn83b77 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1996-07-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Spacecraft Propulsion And Power Schedules Electric Power Supplies International Space Station Power Modules Sts Electric Generators Spacecraft Power Supplies Complex Systems Computer Programs Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |